Andritz Hydro Canada Inc. v. Canada (Border Services Agency)

Andritz Hydro Canada Inc. v. Canada (Border Services Agency)
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Federal Court of Appeal Decisions
Date
2014-09-30
Neutral citation
2014 FCA 217
File numbers
A-291-13
Decision Content
Date: 20140930
Docket: A-291-13
Citation: 2014 FCA 217
CORAM:
NADON J.A.
WEBB J.A.
SCOTT J.A.
BETWEEN:
ANDRITZ HYDRO CANADA INC. AND VA TECH HYDRO CANADA INC.
Appellants
and
THE PRESIDENT OF THE CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY
Respondent
Heard at Ottawa, Ontario, on September 30, 2014.
Judgment delivered from the Bench at Ottawa, Ontario, on September 30, 2014.
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:
NADON J.A.
Date: 20140930
Docket: A-291-13
Citation: 2014 FCA 217
CORAM:
NADON J.A.
WEBB J.A.
SCOTT J.A.
BETWEEN:
ANDRITZ HYDRO CANADA INC. AND VA TECH HYDRO CANADA INC.
Appellants
and
THE PRESIDENT OF THE CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY
Respondent
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
(Delivered from the Bench at Ottawa, Ontario, on September 30, 2014).
NADON J.A.
[1] Notwithstanding Mr. Kaylor’s strong arguments to the contrary, we see no reviewable error on the part of the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT) when it decided that it would not consider the appellants’ arguments pertaining to the “incorporated into” component of the “for use in” definition of subsection 2(1) of the Customs Tariff, S.C. 1997, c. 36.
[2] In the CITT’s opinion there was no basis or justification for the appellants not having raised this issue in their pre-hearing submissions or their supplementary submissions, noting that the appellants had only raised the issue during the course of their final submissions at the end of the hearing which caused the respondent to object on the ground that it would be unfair and prejudicial to it to allow the appellants to make their argument.
[3] In our view, in concluding as they did, it cannot be said that the CITT improperly or arbitrarily exercised its discretion.
[4] For these reasons, the appeal will be dismissed with costs.
“Marc Nadon”
J.A.
FEDERAL COURT OF APPEAL
NAMES OF COUNSEL AND SOLICITORS OF RECORD
DOCKET:
A-291-13
STYLE OF CAUSE:
ANDRITZ HYDRO CANADA INC. AND VA TECH HYDRO CANADA INC. v. THE PRESIDENT OF THE CANADA BORDER SERVICES AGENCY
PLACE OF HEARING:
Ottawa, Ontario
DATE OF HEARING:
September 30, 2014
REASONS FOR JUDGMENT OF THE COURT BY:
NADON J.A.
WEBB J.A.
SCOTT J.A.
DELIVERED FROM THE BENCH BY:
NADON J.A.
APPEARANCES:
Michael Kaylor
For The Appellants
Leah Garvin
For The Respondent
SOLICITORS OF RECORD:
Lapointe Rosenstein Marchand Mélançon, L.L.P.
Montréal, Quebec
For The Appellants
William F. Pentney
Deputy Attorney General of Canada
For The Respondent